My wife had a seizure Thursday afternoon. It appeared she was having a stroke and after many hours, many tests and two hospitals we found out she has a malignant brain tumor. While bad, there is a lot of optimistic news with it. It is operable and the location of the tumor means there won't be any lasting issues from the surgery. The tumor is very near the surface in the right temporal lobe. They think it's a primary tumor meaning it didn't come from some place else. The surgeon said it would be rare if it did. However, they did a body scan yesterday just to be on the safe side. We have not received the results of the scan yet nor do we know when the surgery is scheduled but the way the were talking probably this coming week. The surgeon is nationally recognized and St. Vincents is a top rated neuro/surgical facility. So we feel pretty lucky that things are as good as they are. It could certainly be much worse. She's currently home and on steroids and anti seizure meds. All in all, doing pretty well but she obviously has a long road ahead. Once they do the surgery they will biopsy the tumor. Then they will know the exact type of cancer, the prognosis and the course of treatment she'll need. Right now we're focusing on the positive, taking it one day at a time and leaning a lot the big guy. Your thoughts and prayers would really be appreciated.
We had so many good things in the fire. She had retired in March and was approached last month to start work at another company. She was supposed to start on 9/17. I had also been approached about doing some inspection work for a contract telephone company. It's amazing how much in your life comes to a screeching halt when something like this happens. It sure puts everything else in glaring perspective. Obviously more to come and I'll keep you posted. If I'm AWOL a bit it's because I'm with her.
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